Junk science

Term used to describe theories that claim to be scientific but fail to follow the Scientific Method. See pseudoscience.

Junk science is largely a result of the lack of factual verification by the modern media?. Publicity is easier to get if you publish outrageous claims.

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[Junkscience.com] defines the term as the "faulty scientific data and analysis used to further a special agenda."

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Like many other ideological? terms, there is often *no* general agreement as to which side of a debate constitutes "junk", and which "real" science. Debates on environmental and health issues seem particularly prone to this problem.